Celebrations are well underway at Southport Yacht Club (SYC) after the Club’s Powerboat Division regained the prestigious Goodwill Cup from Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron (RQYS). The Goodwill Cup event is a navigation challenge designed to test the skills of the helmsmen (and women) as well as the navigators and observers. It is the premier…
Olympic Gold Medallist Mathew Belcher to mentor Southport Yacht Club Junior Sailors! Two time Olympic medallist and six time 470 World Champion Mathew Belcher OAM will commence mentoring Southport Yacht Club (SYC) Junior Sailors at the SYC Sailing Academy from early next month! “We are ecstatic to have the 2013 voted ‘World’s Sailor…
A summer sailing bonanza … Club Marine Pittwater to Southport Race + Bartercard Sail Paradise Series Australia’s east coast offshore sailing scene will take on an exciting new dimension in early January with the staging of the inaugural Club Marine Pittwater to Southport ocean race, followed by a new-look Bartercard Sail Paradise series out…
The yacht Frantic’s demise on the rocks at Grassy Island during the last race of Airlie Beach Race Week in August could easily have meant the withdrawal of the first Queensland entry for the Club Marine Pittwater to Southport Yacht Race starting in less than four months’ time. Instead, skipper Graham Furtado is scouting for…
A strong fleet of 77 yachts will be racing in the Annual 384-nautical mile Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, 2016 will host the largest fleet since 2010. Three (3) Southport Yacht Club (SYC) vessels including Glenn Burrell Jeanneau 42DS Wildflower 2, Phil Bell Olsen 40 She and David Hows Beneteau 445 Ocean Gem, will be…
One of the major annual ocean yacht races on Australia’s east coast, the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Race, has been rescheduled to finish on the Gold Coast next January. The race organisers at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, in Sydney, have announced the change after officials at Southport Yacht Club, at Main Beach,…
The annual Bartercard Coffs to Paradise Yacht Race and Bartercard Sail Paradise are back! Coming as Southport Yacht Club’s extension of Royal Prince Alfred’s Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race, which starts on January 2, the annual Bartercard Coffs to Paradise Race will get underway on Saturday, January 7. The 150 nautical mile course will take competitors…
Congratulations to a number of Southport Yacht Club Sailors who represented the Club at the 2016 Queensland Laser State Championships at Yeppoon over the Anzac Day Long Weekend!! Paul Hansen – 2nd Std Laser Master George Moreton – 3rd 4.7 youth Max Quan – 5th Radial Youth Justin Wise – 5th 4.7 Youth Xavier Doerr…
“In January of 1942 The Volunteer Coastal Patrol became the Naval Auxiliary Patrol (NAP) of Little Ships. They were privately owned vessels no larger than those in our Marina today, and they were commandeered by the Royal Australian Navy for War service in harbours, ports, and estuaries right around Australia. A classic example of the…
Held at Lake Cootharaba over the Easter long weekend, Southport Yacht Club sailors Chris Noyes and Joe Sabin competed against Queensland’s finest catamaran sailors to be crowned the 2016 Queensland F18 State Title Champions. Racing began on Friday 25th and concluded on Saturday 26th. Although three days of racing where scheduled, day three scheduled…